Nerve conduction studies 3-4 at St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421
$365.50
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$850.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$91.97 with Noble IPA vs $6,343.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $91.97 | ↓ -75% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $91.97 | ↓ -75% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $102.19 | ↓ -72% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $102.19 | ↓ -72% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $102.19 | ↓ -72% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $102.19 | ↓ -72% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $102.19 | ↓ -72% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $102.19 | ↓ -72% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $102.19 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $102.19 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $136.22 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $136.22 | ↓ -63% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $143.07 | ↓ -61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $153.28 | ↓ -58% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $153.28 | ↓ -58% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $212.50 | ↓ -42% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $212.50 | ↓ -42% |
| SMIPA | Medicare|All Plans | $297.41 | ↓ -19% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $308.41 | ↓ -16% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +8% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +8% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +8% |
| Health Net | Medicare|HMO | $395.66 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +8% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +8% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +8% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +8% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +8% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $395.66 | ↑ +8% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $403.58 | ↑ +10% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $421.02 | ↑ +15% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $435.23 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $459.85 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $484.50 | ↑ +33% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $494.57 | ↑ +35% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $494.58 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Trauma | $494.58 | ↑ +35% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $510.95 | ↑ +40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $510.95 | ↑ +40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $552.50 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $595.00 | ↑ +63% |
| SevenCorners | Medicare|All Plans | $633.06 | ↑ +73% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $680.00 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $712.94 | ↑ +95% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,206.00 | ↑ +1598% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,343.00 | ↑ +1635% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,343.00 | ↑ +1635% |
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Nerve conduction studies 3-4 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $366.61 | $154.60 – $702.96 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $122.55 | $43.21 – $163.66 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $315.99 | $102.19 – $680.19 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $386.14 | $102.19 – $3,827.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $381.85 | $277.71 – $513.77 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $310.07 | $102.19 – $7,832.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $225.92 | $102.19 – $554.40 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $264.07 | $102.19 – $5,761.00 |